Eli's Hospice Insider
Sidestep Compliance Landmines With This Training
Check out Eli audioconferences joint ventures and QAPI.
Get vital information on these topics from the comfort of your own office:
• Home Health, Hospice, and Facilities: Stay Out of the Joint Venture Red Zone. Thurs. June 3, 1 p.m. ET. Nursing facility joint ventureswith home health and hospice providers are an area of special concern to the HHS Office of Inspector General and other federal and state enforcement agencies. Don’t let a good business opportunity turn into a crime -- identify and fix the most common roblem areas in home health/nursinghome relationships with advice from attorney Robert Markette Jr. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-homehealth-hospice-facility-030610 or call 1-866-458-2965.
• How Good Is Your Hospice’s QAPI Program? Tues. July 20, 1 p.m. ET. Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) continues to be the most overarching and all consuming of the recently enacted hospice Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs). Don’t just layer the new QAPI requirements on top of your old CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) process. Understand and more effectively implement an organizationwide QAPI program with help from expert Charlene Ross, who will offer multiple QAPI forms and tools in this session. For more information go to www.audioeducator.com/conference-QAPI-hospice-programmedicare-operations-200710 or call 1-866-458-2965.
Note: To browse and register for Eli hospice audioconferences, go to www.audioeducator.com and select “hospice” from the “Select Conference” box. Or call 1-866- 458-2965. All sessions are available via CD or transcript after taking place.
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